Purse stolen in smash and grab

Police are investigating after a pursue was stolen from insid a locked vehicle in the Jack Callaghan Elementary School parking lot sometime between 8:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. Thursday (Jan. 17)

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(OPS TWP.) Police are reminding the public not to leave any valuables in their vehicles after an incident in Ops Township left a woman without her purse Thursday (Jan. 17).

Kawartha Lakes Police say a Jack Callaghan Elementary School employee left her purse in her locked vehicle in the parking lot when, sometime between 8:30 a.m. and 4 p.m., someone smashed the driver's side window and snatched the purse.

Anyone with information about this crime is asked to contact police at 705-324-5252 or make an anonymous tip to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS.